A Milwaukee pain management clinic has agreed to pay at least $1.35 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its doctor ordered unnecessary drug tests for patients in exchange for kickbacks from the testing company.
Read More »Tag Archives: whistleblower
Wisconsin National Guard whistleblower alleges retaliation
A Wisconsin Air National Guard sergeant whose complaints about sexual assault within his unit sparked two federal investigations believes his commanders are now trying to force him out of the service and deny him retirement benefits in retaliation.
Read More »Milwaukee law firm, US Attorney’s Office net $38 million settlement in whistleblower case
A pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a Milwaukee firm.
Read More »Wis. contractor stung in whistleblower suit over Buy American laws (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin contractor’s alleged attempts at passing off Chinese-produced construction materials as “Made in the USA” have resulted in a $2.5 million settlement of a whistleblower case involving accusations of cheating on government contracts.
Read More »Supreme Court: Investigator’s demotion didn’t violate law (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Department of Justice officials didn't violate whistleblower laws when they demoted a top Internet detective after she raised concerns about using state agents to protect the attorney general at a political convention, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Read More »High court set to rule on whistleblower case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to decide Wednesday whether the state’s whistleblower statute should have protected a state justice department employee who was demoted after she warned her superiors that using state employees for the then-attorney general’s trip to a political convention could have violated state law.
Read More »Lab settles Medicare fraud allegations
A laboratory company in western Wisconsin and its owners have agreed to pay the federal government $8.5 million to settle claims it submitted false billing information to Medicare.
Read More »High court to hear former DOJ detective’s whistleblower case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in a former state Justice Department investigator's whistleblower case.
Read More »Court says crime lab scientist’s lawsuit properly dismissed
A state appeals court says a judge properly dismissed a former state Justice Department crime lab analyst's retaliation lawsuit.
Read More »US Supreme Court rules in favor of fired whistleblower
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a former air marshal who was fired after leaking plans to the media about security cutbacks can seek whistleblower protection.
Read More »Whistleblower wins at highest court, but loses pay
Edward Lane's U.S. Supreme Court victory in a landmark whistleblower case doesn't change the fact he lost his state job and more than half his income while helping convict a state legislator of getting paid for not working.
Read More »Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling leaves gap for courts, Congress
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling extending Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protection to private contractors of publicly-traded companies has some attorneys concerned about the lack of any limiting principle.
Read More »Measuring the SEC whistleblower program success, 2 years in
August marked the second anniversary of the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower program.
Commentary: Legal profession’s whistleblower bias harms the public
The September 2013 issue of the Wisconsin Law Journal pointed out a problem that has plagued our profession for years: Members of the public do not know of ongoing misconduct of a lawyer who directly could harm them.
Law firms respond to ‘white-hot’ practice area
Two years after the “bounty” provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act on financial reforms took effect, whistleblower matters remain a sizzling growth area for lawyers in employment or finance and securities practice areas — or, as is increasingly common, on a law firm interdisciplinary team that harnesses expertise from both fields.
Read More »Wis. feds sue PharMerica Corp.
Federal prosecutors in Milwaukee sued a Kentucky-based pharmaceuticals services firm on Friday, accusing PharMerica Corp. of illegally dispensing addictive narcotics without proper oversight.
Read More »7th Circuit: Attorney can’t enforce lien against former client
A lawyer could not enforce an attorney lien against a former client who negotiated a whistleblower settlement on his own, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.
Read More »Prevea Clinic agrees to settle lawsuit
The U.S. Attorney's Office says a company that provides health care in northeastern Wisconsin has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it submitted false Medicare claims.
Read More »US won’t retry watchdog whistleblower case
The Justice Department said Thursday it will not try again to sue a watchdog group that shared money from a whistleblower settlement with a government economist more than 14 years ago, following a mistrial in the case last month.
Read More »New SEC whistleblower data draws mixed reaction
In its first full year, a federal whistleblower program that boosted the amount of awards to employees and others who report credible information about fraud and other securities violations spurred more than 3,000 tips and resulted in one five-figure payout.
Read More »Mistrial declared in case of watchdog group (UPDATE)
A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a watchdog group accused of violating federal law when it shared a whistle-blower settlement with a government economist 14 years ago.
Read More »Attorneys encouraged by $104M whistleblower payout from IRS
The IRS paid out a whopping $104 million to a whistleblower last month for his help in exposing a $20 billion dollar tax evasion scheme by UBS bank.
Read More »IRS awards bank whistleblower record $104M
The Internal Revenue Service has awarded a record $104 million to former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld for his role in exposing a $20 billion tax evasion scheme.
Read More »More whistleblowers reporting tax fraud, but cases moving slowly
As tax season ends, tax fraud is in the air.
Read More »Out-of-work employment plaintiffs fuel rise in whistleblower claims
With more attention being given to corporate rule-breaking and stronger laws supporting those who report it, employment lawyers are seeing more workers claiming that they lost their jobs because they complained about wrongdoing in the workplace.
Read More »Commentary: Understanding whistleblower bounty rules is critical
If you want something done right, get someone else to do it. That seems to be the federal government’s mantra of late with respect to enforcement of the securities laws.
Read More »$5 million paid to settle whistleblower case
GERMANTOWN, Wis. (AP) – A Washington County company and its parent firm will pay nearly $5 million to settle a health care fraud claim by two whistleblowers. The two former employees of Abri Health Plan of Germantown claimed the company misrepresented its Medicare Part C coverage plans in violation of federal regulations. The pair said the company was withholding key ...
Read More »Whistleblower lawsuit accuses 3 drugmakers
By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Three generic drugmakers are being accused in a whistleblower lawsuit of scheming to overcharge the government by tens of millions of dollars for medicines. The U.S. Attorney’s office on Tuesday joined in the lawsuit, brought by Chicago pharmacist Bernard Lisitza. His attorneys alleged in a 162-page complaint unsealed Tuesday ...
Read More »